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als5608 Sex: F Data Quality: 2 stars ALS: 5 yrs Wheelchair Bulbar: moderate Arms: severe Chest: mild Legs: severe als5608 First Symptom: 06/06 Dx: 04/08
creedy Sex: F Data Quality: 1 star Pain: Some Fatigue: Some Sleep: Most Stiffness: None function: All external_stress: Most Stickman: some Description:F54y FM:11y Dx creedy First Symptom: 01/82 Dx: 07/01
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Crying spells Report

To cry is to shed tears as a response to an emotional state in humans. It is "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". The medical term for this is to lacrimate, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of "tears".